Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan (6335kHz)

Alex Atroushi of Kudistan Democratic Party-Iraq kindly sent me an E-mail confirming my reception of Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan. I sent reception report to party @ kdp.se. He described VoIK as Voice of Kurdistan (VoK).

Radio “VOK” is the first free radio for the Kurds. It was established in Sep 28-1963 during the September revolution of the Kurdistan. The radio station was formed with the order of the KDP president Mustafa Barzani, the leader of September revolution. At the beginning, the equipment’s used were a number of old military wireless sets joint together to form a short wave sender. The center of broadcasting was a cave deep in a Kurdistan mountain Salah-Addin north of Erbil. The radio station was a target of Iraqi air force for many years. A number of technician, editors and guards were killed by these air attacks. The radio was and is still running by the KDP. The Program of “VOK” consists of News, opinion of KDP, Kurdish culture and music.